Rig Veda 1.187.9: Mandala 1, Sukta 187, Mantra 9

Sukta 1.187

Devata: Soma

Chandas: Gayatri/Anuṣṭubh uncertain (meter requires syllable verification; short verse suggests non-Trishtubh)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यत्ते सोम गवाशिरो यवाशिरो भजामहे । वातापे पीव इद्भव ॥

Transliteration

yát te soma gávāśiro yávāśiro bhájāmahe | vātāpe pī́va íd bhava ||

Translation

Ketika, wahai Soma, kami menikmati campuranmu dengan kekuatan-lembu dan kekuatan-jelai, maka, wahai Yang Dihangatkan-oleh-Angin, jadilah sungguh melimpah dan menyuburkan.

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Word by Word

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma (सम्बन्धसूचक/यद्-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / यद्-शब्द

• ते: of you / your
• ते: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/अधिकार)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सोम: O Soma
• सोम: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• गवाशिरः: (the mixture) with cow’s head/milk (i.e., milk-mixture)
• गवाशिरः: Karma (भजामहे इति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गवाशिरस् (प्रातिपदिक; गवा + शिरस्, समास)

• यवाशिरः: (the mixture) with barley (i.e., barley-mixture)
• यवाशिरः: Karma (भजामहे इति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यवाशिरस् (प्रातिपदिक; यव + शिरस्, समास)

• भजामहे: we partake / we share / we enjoy
• भजामहे: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज् (धातु) ‘भागे/सेवायाम्’

• वातापे: O Vātāpi (wind-heated/air-warmed one; epithet)
• वातापे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: वातापि (प्रातिपदिक; वात + आपि/अप्-सम्बद्ध, समास/नाम)

• पीव: O fat/abundant one
• पीव: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन; विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीवन्/पीव (प्रातिपदिक; ‘स्थूल/पुष्ट’)

• इत्: indeed / just
• इत्: (Emphasis/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (निपात)

• भव: be / become
• भव: Kriyā (आज्ञा/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)